“The history of mankind is confined within a limited period, and from e...” — Adam Ferguson Quote

“The history of mankind is confined within a limited period, and from every quarter brings an intimation that human affairs have had a beginning.”

“In every commercial state, notwithstanding any pretension to equal rights, the exaltation of a few must depress the many.”

“Every step and every movement of the multitude, even in what are termed enlightened ages, are made with equal blindness to the future; and nations stumble upon establishments, which are indeed the result of human action, but not the execution of any human design.”

“I studied political science and international relations and had the intention of becoming a journalist or work in foreign affairs. I had no intention of making a film.”

“There is a slowness in affairs which ripens them, and a slowness which rots them.”

“When the Veterans Affairs Department implemented a program to provide home-based health care to veterans with multiple chronic conditions - many of the system's most expensive patients to treat - they received astounding results.”